10/03/2014

Dance and Physics Collide in “Quantum”

16:38 minutes

As a choreographer, Gilles Jobin says that he “organizes his thinking in systems of movement.” For his piece Quantum, he took inspiration from physics and the behavior of the particles in the Large Hadron Collider. Jobin and CERN particle physicist Michael Doser discuss this collision of art and science.

Segment Guests

Gilles Jobin

Gilles Jobin is a choreographer and Collide@CERN Geneva Award Winner in 2012, based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Michael Doser

Michael Doser is a senior research physicist at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.

Meet the Producer

About Annie Minoff

Annie Minoff is a producer for The Journal from Gimlet Media and the Wall Street Journal, and a former co-host and producer of Undiscovered. She also plays the banjo.